then your calls, tweets, and comments live on "washington journal." host: on wednesdays at this time, we turn our spotlight to magazines. today, we look at variety magazine. they have a special report on violence in entertainment. here to talk about it with as from los angeles is friday magazine's chief international answer, tim gray. thank you for being here so early this morning guest: i'm very happy you asked me. thank you. host: you started this special report with a message of why you're doing this. why did variety jump in? and maybe tell us what variety is for those of us who are not as corrected to the hollywood scene. guest: is a trade paper for the hollywood scene. it started in 19005. over the years, we have evolved and covered film, a digital, music, all aspects of it. it is not the red carpet coverage, but the dollars and cents. you ask why we would talk about violence. variety has always had a need to talk about social awareness, because people in the entertainment industry need to know what is going on in the world, because that is where